The Skimz SK181 mod is finished
I had to file out the cord hole for the new pump as it's round and thicker than the stock flat 2-wire cable
No pics as I was in a hurry and besides, who cares. I opened up a cord passage
I did this mod as Peter had good luck with a slightly larger pump on his skimmer. Details are in
this thread
Peter added an Eden140 pump (2800lph) and reported better skimming so I thought I'd try an Eheim Compact+ 3000
The stock ES2000 is 2000lph and the skimmer draws only 540lph of air
Similar Skimz skimmers with the ES2800 draw closer to 8-900lph of air
I was thinking about buying the Omega 150, and there's a near-new one for sale right now here on Canreef, but I love the footprint of mine, internal pump and gate valve-water outlet, so I'll stick with my Skimz for now
So, saving me buying another skimmer, I installed an Eheim Compact 3000+
It's a direct fit
It's a bit noisy right now, but I'm sure it will calm down
I'm also working on dialing it in but that's a small price to pay
I'm really hoping that I will get more lph of air and thus more nog
And if not, at least I now have a backup pump for my skimmer
Currently I can't report on it's nog production as I've just given the feed-mes some frozen and the foam head is collapsed
I hope to report back soon with great news